Slides sobre o "Simple Present Tense"

1. SIMPLE PRESENT

2. FORM
• [VERB] + s/es in third person
• Examples:
• You speak English.
• Do you speak English?
• You do not speak English.

3. USE 1 Repeated Actions
USE 1 Repeated Actions

4. Examples:
•I play tennis.
•She does not play tennis.
•Does he play tennis?
•The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
•The train does not leave at 9 AM.
•When does the train usually leave?
•She always forgets her purse.

5. USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

6. The Simple Present can also indicate
the speaker believes that a fact was
true before, is true now, and will be
true in the future. It is not important if
the speaker is correct about the fact.
It is also used to make
generalizations about people or
things.

7. Examples:
•Cats like milk.
•Birds do not like milk.
•Do pigs like milk?
•California is in America.
•California is not in the United
Kingdom.
•Windows are made of glass.

8. USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near
Future

9. Speakers occasionally use Simple
Present to talk about scheduled
events in the near future. This is
most commonly done when talking
about public transportation, but it
can be used with other scheduled
events as well.

10. • Examples:
• The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
• The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
• When do we board the plane?
• The party starts at 8 o'clock.
• When does class begin tomorrow?

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